The Pindar diamond

By Katie Hickman

Subjects: Venice (italy), fiction, Gambling, Fiction, historical, Fiction, historical, general, Historical fiction, Crime, fiction, Fiction, Social life and customs, Merchants, Court and courtiers, Diamonds, History

Description: Venice, 1604. When rumours of a spectacularly rare and priceless diamond begin to circulate amongst the gamblers and courtesans of the Venetian demi-monde, the Levant Company merchant, Paul Pindar, becomes convinced that the jewel is somehow linked to the fate of his former love, Celia Lamprey.